“There are no guarantees in life, except that everyone faces struggles. This is how we learn (and grow). Some face struggles from the moment they are born. They are the most special of all people, requiring the most care and compassion and reminding us that love is the sole purpose of life.”– Elisabeth Kübler-RossThese are our Hidden Angels – teaching all of us life’s most valuable lessons.

Hidden Angel Companion Pets Program

The vision for the ‘Hidden Angel Companion Pets’ Program, is to develop and place companion dogs to enrich the lives of people with various challenges. Central to the vision is a foundational understanding of sensory stimulation, which is the backbone of the Christopher Douglas Hidden Angel Foundation. Sensory stimulation plays a role in the benefits of the human-animal interaction (to both the humans and the animals) and in how the dogs are developed during the program and beyond.

Program Highlights:

The dogs developed in the program help teach us valuable life lessons.

The primary beneficiaries of the new program will be people with cognitive, emotional or physical challenges, for whom interacting with the dog will provide improved health, happiness, and independence The benefits will also extend to family and other caregivers.

The new program will largely use rescue dogs, which will reduce shelter populations and improve quality of life for those dogs that would otherwise be euthanized or live out their lives in confined environments.

The pets will go through a unique temperament selection, sensory stimulation-based development, and beneficiary matching process

More information on the program will be released over the coming weeks. For more information contact info@cdhaf.org

The simple pleasures and joys that children experience running, playing and enjoying a sunny day are sometimes not available for children with special needs. Due to limitations, they don’t experience or are unable to interact with their surroundings, limiting their sensory experiences.
Multi-sensory stimulation is as necessary for survival as food and water. Isn’t it our responsibility to help every child feel included and offer them an environment where they can experience simple joys in life?

The Christopher Douglas Hidden Angel Foundation (CDHAF) was created in honor and recognition of Christopher Douglas Fornes and Joyce Baye. CDHAF enriches the lives, health, and social well-being of people with cognitive, emotional, and physical challenges through the use of our Multi Sensory Environments™ (MSE). Our focus is on the design, development, implementation and education of our Multi Sensory Environments™ with the aim to enable productivity, inclusion, independence, and self-determination.
Our approach is based on well-documented studies of neurological cognition and emotional development. We offer advisory and financial support for the establishment of integrated, publicly accessible Multi Sensory facilities and for basic research and … Continue Reading